| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 59° 51' 12'' North , 14° 15' 33'' East |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 59.85361,14.25944 |
| GeoHash: | G#: u6dhs2p2t |
| Köppen climate type: | Dfc : Subarctic climate |
| Name(s) in local language(s): | Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sverige |
Metamorphosed manganese-iron deposit with extremely complex skarns and pegmatites. Around 300 minerals have been found here, of which 30 minerals have been found only here. See also the related deposits of Jakobsberg and Harstigen.
NB. It is prohibited by Swedish law to collect at certain places in Långban.
Hyalophane from Långban contains 3.1 ppm Tl on average (Rader et al., 2015).
Commodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded from this region.Mineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities300 valid minerals. 73 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals. 5 (FRL) - first recorded locality of unapproved mineral/variety/etc.
Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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| Paleoproterozoic 1600 - 2500 Ma ID: 3160602 | Proterozoic I granite Age: Proterozoic (1600 - 2500 Ma) Lithology: Major:{granite}, Minor{granodiorite,syenite-monzonite group,meta-granite} Reference: Asch, K. The 1:5M International Geological Map of Europe and Adjacent Areas: Development and Implementation of a GIS-enabled Concept. Geologisches Jahrbuch, SA 3. [147] |
| Paleoproterozoic 1600 - 2500 Ma ID: 3184907 | Paleoproterozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Proterozoic (1600 - 2500 Ma) Lithology: Sedimentary rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
| Orosirian 1800 - 2050 Ma ID: 2635367 |
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Localities in this RegionShow map
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- Värmland
- Filipstad
- Värmland
- Filipstad
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References
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Sjögren, A. (1886) Mineralogiska notiser XII. Fynd af allaktit i Långbans grufvor. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlinger: 8: 473-474.
Flink, G. (1891) Mineralogische Notizen III, 5. Braunit von Langbanshyttan. Meddelanden fran Stockholms Högskola: 115: 3-9.
Flink, G. (1891) Mineralogische Notizen III, 7. Kentrolith von Langbanshyttan. Meddelanden fran Stockholms Högskola: 115: 14-20.
Sjögren, H. (1895) Preliminära meddelanden om några undersökningar på svenska mineral. 4. Tilasit eller fluor-adelit från Långban. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar: 17: 291-294.
Sjögren, H. (1910) The Långban mines. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 32(5): 1295-1325, doi:10.1080/11035891009442327
Flink, G. (1920) Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar: 42: 436.
Flink, G. (1927) Förteckning på Stockholms Högskolas samling av nya eller ofullständigt beskrivna mineral från Långban (fortsättning). Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar: 49: 138-142.
von Eckermann, H. (1927) A new Manganese-Chlorite from Långban. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar: 49: 450-454.
Magnusson, N.H. (1930) Långbans malmtrakt. Geologisk beskrivning. Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning. Serie Ca 23.
Hurlbut, C.S. (1937) Aminoffite, a new mineral from Långban, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar: 59: 290-292.
Mason, B. (1942) Bixbyite from Långban. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar: 64: 117-125.
Palache, C., Berman, H., and Frondel, C. (1951) The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 857, 900, 927, 1021, 1028, 1032, 1033, 1036, 1037, 1039, 1040.
Gabrielson, O. (1956) Magnussonite, a new arsenite mineral from the Långban mine, Sweden. Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi: 2: 133-135.
Kautz, K. (1967) Faseriger Hedyphan von Långban (Schweden): eine orientierte Verwachsung mit Antigorit. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology: 14: 224-228 (in German).
Welin, E. (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder diffraction data for minerals from Långban and related mineral deposits of central Sweden. Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi 4, 499-541.
Burke, E.A.J. and Kieft, C. (1971) Second occurrence of makedonite [macedonite], PbTiO3, Langban, Sweden. Lithos: 4: 101–104.
Dunn, P.J. (1978) Tungstenian tetrawickmanite from Långban. Mineralogical Record: 9: 41.
Boström, K., Rydell, H., and Joensuu, O. (1979) Långban - An exhalative sedimentary deposit? Economic Geology: 74: 1002-1011.
Rocks & Minerals (1983) 58: 288.
Hansen, S., Fälth, L., Petersen, O.V., and Johnson, O. (1984) Bergslagite, a new mineral species from Långban, Sweden. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte: 257-262.
Hansen, S., Fälth, L., and Johnsen, O. (1984) Bergslagite, a mineral with tetrahedral berylloarsenate sheet anions. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie: 160: 73-80.
Rocks & Minerals (1985) 60: 237-242.
Burke, E.A.J. (1986) Koutekite and some other opaque minerals new for Långban, Sweden. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte: 59-64.
Rocks & Minerals (1987) 62: 166.
Rocks & Minerals (1988) 63: 456.
Åberg, G. and Charalampides, G. (1988) Evolution of the mineral deposits from Långban, Sweden, as recorded from strontium isotope data. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar 110, 329-334.
Nysten, P. (1988) Cassiterite from Långban, Sweden. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar: 110: 292.
Mofjell, E. (1990) Aragonit, Långban. Långbansnytt. vol 6. [reprinted in: Långbansnytt. De första 20 åren 1983-2003. Långbansällskapet - Skrifter och rapporter. 2, 48].
Blatter, F. (1997) Bergbau in Langban, Sweden. Aufschluss: 48(2): 97-123 (in German).
Holtstam, D. and Langhof, J. (eds.) (1999) Långban: The mines, their minerals, geology and explorers. Swedish Museum of Natural History and Raster Förlag, Stockholm & Chr. Weise Verlag, Munich, pp. 216.
Jonsson, E. and Broman, C. (2002) Fluid inclusions in late-stage Pb–Mn–As–Sb mineral assemblages in the Långban deposit, Bergslagen, Sweden. Canadian Mineralogist: 40: 47-65.
Christy, A.G. and Gatedal, K. (2005) Extremely Pb-rich rock-forming silicates including a beryllian scapolite and associated minerals in a skarn from Långban, Värmland, Sweden. Mineralogical Magazine: 69: 995-1018.
Jonsson, E. and Hålenius, U. (2010) Mn3+ bearing pargasite from the Långban Fe-Mn oxide mineralisation, Bergslagen, Sweden. GFF: 132: 167-172.
Rader, S., Mazdab, F., and Barton, M. (2015) A Survey of thallium concentrations in igneous and hydrothermal minerals. Goldschmidt Conference, Abstracts, pdf. no. 2570.
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden